My husband is a two time stem cell transplant recipient, and my brother is on immunotherapy for small cell lung cancer. I still have neighbors and some I thought were friends ridiculing me because I never lost my mask. I do not let anyone, visit our home without a mask on and even those are only the relatives. I refuse to debate that any longer. We had the national guard come in today because the hospitals are so over run that someone died waiting for a bed last week. No one can get any care because COVID has every bed full. I do try to respect your right to choose, but I expect you to honor your responsibility as well and not infect your neighbors. We are all fully vaccinated but in our county vaccination rates are low.
I have to admit that I never realized I lived in an area where people were so fanatical politically. I was blissfully ignorant until covid came around that the nurse and the police officer across the street who have 4 children will not get vaccines because it infringes on their rights and don’t want their kids to wear masks because blah, blah, blah. Repeat this in every house in our neighborhood except one widowed elderly lady with cancer. We have a county population of 35,000 and posted over 1300 cases last week.
My choice is to protect ourselves in every way possible, this means keeping my distance, wearing my masks, not participating in the local super spreader events. Limiting contact with everyone who isn’t taking precautions that protect themselves. I am not saying this thing won’t get us all, but it won’t get us because we were careless.